Horse-powek



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

EDVARD M.

FULLER, OF SALISBURY, NEXV YORK.

HORSE-POWER FOR DRIVING RECIPROCATING SAWS.

Speccation of Letters Patent No. 22,360, dated December 21, 1858.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. FULLER, of Salisbury, in the county ofHerkimer and State of New York7 have invented certain Improvements inHorse-Powers for Driving Reciprocating Saws, the construction andoperation of which I have described in the following specification andillustrated in the accompanying drawings with suffe cient clearness toenable competent and skilful workmen in the arts to which it pertains oris most nearly allied to make and use my invention.

My said invention consists in the arrangement hereinafter described ofthe connecting rod which gives motion to the saw, and concoinitantparts, by which the connecting rod is made convenient and safe for thehorse to pass over as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a plan of my improved machine.Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of it.

A are the wheels upon which the machine is moved from place to place.

B is the frame.

C is the sweep to which the horse is attached to give motion to the mainshaft D upon which the main wheel E is hung. This wheel E gears into thepinion F on the shaft G, and the wheel H hung upon this shaft givesmotion to the pinion I on the crank shaft J.

The crank K operates the connecting rod L which gives motion to the halfbeam lever M, which is hung on the fulcrum a in the end of the beam N.At'the lower end of the lever M the connecting rod O is attached belowthe connecting rod L, and extends across under the other machinery andout beyond the track of the horse, beyond which it receives the saw. Pis a hitching piece attached to the sweep. The connecting rod O issupported and guided on the side of the machine opposite the lever M bythe hanger Q. By this arrangement and mode of connecting the connectingrod O to the gearing, the operating parts are brought within propercompass and the connecting rod O is yet so placed and operated as not tointerfere with or injure the horse as he passes over it. There is nolateral vibration which endangers his legs.

rIhe particular improvement which constitutes my said invention andwhich I claim as having been originally and first invented by me is- Thearrangement of the connecting rod O below the machinery and extendingbeyond the track of the horse as described in such a manner as to allowthe horse to pass safely over it, by which arrangementthe machine ismade more compact and eiiicient, and less expensive.

EDWARD M. FULLER.

Vitnesses:

GEO. W. TANNER, ALBERT C. FULLER.

